I’m telling you right now that we will not attempt to answer the question of Rodgers’ sexual orientation. I’m not even going to venture a guess about whether Aaron Rodgers is straight or gay. What I am going to do is present what we do know about his personal life, and ultimately why none of that has anything to do with why he’s an NFL MVP quarterback.

As we’ve documented in the past, Rodgers has been (rumored) linked to: the mother of all sideline princesses Erin Andrews and “Gossip Girl” actress Jessica Szohr. These reports were never confirmed nor denied. His current girlfriend, is a stripper named Destiny Newton, so he probably went considerably down market. Although this would give him more “guy’s-guy” (that translates to “blokey-bloke” for my readers in the U.K.) cred.

This relationship has been highly documented in social media by Newton’s sister Shawntel (I just can’t make up names like these)

Basically the case for Rodgers being a homosexual starts and ends with these two quotes:

Darla Rodgers, his mother told KRCRTV.com:

“He’s not dating anyone, nothing online is true. Early in his career I would call him and say what’s this, you haven’t told me. Who is she? You can’t let mom be the last to know, he said don’t believe any of that, it’s not true, it never is. I asked him not to let momma be the last to know.”

His father Ed Rodgers chimed in, “Well he’s not dating anyone, those things online, 99.9% are not true.”

Remember the context though, they were answering rumors about Rodgers being linked to the three women I mentioned before and Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Julie Henderson.

Then there’s these comments from Rodgers in Sporting News (this is the second gunman on the grassy knoll for the Rodgers is gay conspiracy camp):

SN: “Do you live with anybody?

AARON RODGERS: “I’ve got a roommate, a guy I met in town. He works for the Packers now as an athletic trainer, but he was interning when I met him and we just hit it off. He’s been great for me as far as great conversations outside of football. Our friendship goes a lot deeper than what we do.”

So what did we learn? Only that we shouldn’t believe nearly all of what we read online, and that Aaron Rodgers choice of words in this one quote have set off legions of people questioning his sexuality. Again, I will not venture a guess either way.

And unless you’re Aaron Rodgers himself- or someone very close to him that he confides in, you don’t know what Rodgers’ sexuality is. If you only take one thing away from this piece- please take that.

Every time the Packers are on national television, which is a whole helluva lot, this story pops back up. And it pops up because people are constantly searching for “Aaron Rodgers gay,” “Aaron Rodgers gay rumors,” “Is Aaron Rodgers gay,” “Aaron Rodgers athletic trainer boyfriend” and etc.

I only look at the facts. The Green Bay QB has one soundbite from several years ago, and his mother has one quote as well that has led to speculation. I don’t know and I’m not even going to try and guess what his sexual orientation is. It’s none of my business and frankly it’s none of yours.

Of course, I know in our celebrity-obsessed culture and this weird unholy combination of The Matirx and a fishbowl that we all live in now the very notion of privacy is dead. And America never had a monarchy, so instead we have celebrity.

Still, personally, I don’t care. Didn’t care then when I wrote about Rodgers perceived sexual proclivities in 2010, and I don’t care now. I’m more intrigued by the fact that no Packers assistants are being recruited for NFL head coaching jobs. And the fact that it angers Coach Mike McCarthy.

Rumors around Green Bay are that he is gay (and have circulated around for years, since he was drafted), but there are a lot of baseless rumors around Green Bay about Packers, so take it with a grain of salt.

America will have made a turn for the better when people such as yourself no longer write articles accentuating the “novelty” factor regarding ANYONE’S sexuality. Whether Rodgers is gay or straight is none of your business or anyone else’s unless he makes it your business. What’s next for you? An article on what the various shades of skin really tell us about the person underneath? Grow the #%@&- up already….. jeez.

He’s an adult and a mutli millionaire. And he has a roommate? That’s all you need to know. But if you need more, do you think the intern was paying the bills? Rodgers should be a man and come out the closet. He’s living a lie.

He plays for the “Packers”. It makes sense he would be gay. He was known a Kaaron in California. But he is a pretty good QB. Unless the straight players are worried about dropping the soap in the shower and him popping a chub, so what?

Destiny Newton isn’t a stripper. Her sister, Shawntel, was on the Bachelor. Her family owns a mortuary in Chico. Aaron and Destiny have known each other since since high school.There are plenty of pictures of the out there on the internet!

What I never understood is the obsession straight white guys have with the “gay” subject. They love chatting about a gross gay guy they just encountered. They like to tell other dudes about uncomfortable situations they had that seemed gay or music/shows that are too gay for them to handle. They’re the only ones who constantly bring up the subject…why is it in their heads all the time?

Seriously! Why is someone’s sexuality newsworthy at all? If A-Rod is heterosexual and he’s proven to be in a committed relationship with a woman, is there going to be a headline blazoned across all the newspapers saying “”Rodgers Confirms he’s Heterosexual!” I don’t think so.

As a Packers fan, I love watching what Rodgers brings to the football field every week…PERIOD! If he’s gay or not I really couldn’t give a rip!

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I’m late on this topic as I see the article was posted in January, but like many people I Google’d, “Why do people think Aaron Rodgers in gay?”. I searched for this article after reading comments on Bleacher Report about the CBS reporter who was angry that Aaron Rodgers had on-court access after the Wisconsin Elite 8 game.

I really don’t care if Aaron Rodgers is gay. If he is I respect his decision to keep his personal life personal. Why would you subject yourself and your team to the unwanted media and LBGT attention that would come from being out of the closet?

I’m sure that if Michael Sam could go back and walk back into the closet he would. I personally don’t believe that he has been discriminated against because of his sexuality. I think it’s the fact that he doesn’t have the speed and talent necessary for the NFL, but he really didn’t do himself any favors by creating unnecessary distractions during the marketing and interviewing stage of his career. He basically made himself a media whore and potential locker room and organizational distraction before he was drafted.

Guys picked in the 4th-6th rounds of the NFL draft have to bust their ass to make a team. While other players were focused on their brand and trying to close the deal with potential employers, Michael Sam was broadcasting his sexuality and tongue kissing his little white boyfriend. He was doing interviews about his sexuality and not his talent.

Other gay guys should view the Michael Sam situation as a teaching point. Seal the deal. Make a team and get your signature on a contract before you become an activist.

I’m a little late to this but,No matter what he is gay or straight at least he can do something for a living unlike most of you commenting out there that he’s gay and plus if he is gay then why does he have a smoking hot wife that is not a trans like what most of you guys get out there and if gays r so bad wouldn’t the government of already made it illegal to have two guys date plus I’m sure most of you people out there saying he’s gay is just getting your mind off you and your secret boyfriends that your ashamed of ,also this is his business whether he’s gay,strait,or by or what ever u guys think he is what he is and you people that are packers haters you don’t know what your talking about because I’m sure if he wasn’t drafted by the packers we wouldn’t be talking about this right now the packers is a team not some fedish sex position ur ubsest with, you can search up Aaron Rodgers wife and you’ll find a smoking hot lady that you’ll be jealous of because all you guys get is dick in your mouths from transvestites that you guys pick from the corner so guys stop saying stuff that you don’t know is true